Posts tagged “President Obama”
Unprecedented obstructionism in the Senate
I have neglected to update this blog for some time. But after reading about the Senate GOP’s filibuster of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary – an unprecedented move by an opposition party – it’s difficult not to comment. The only term that can describe this move is obstructionism, plain and simple. There is no justification [...]
Obama goes to Ohio
President Obama has decided to foray onto House Speaker John Boehner’s home turf in order to bring his jobs proposal directly to the American people. The Obama Administration isn’t being shy about it either: President Barack Obama is marketing his massive jobs proposal from an outdated bridge that links the home states of his two [...]
Pinning Blame on the Elephant
So 45% of voters believe that Republicans in Congress deserve the most blame for “what’s gone wrong in Washington,” according to a recent Bloomberg News Poll. I have a feeling that number is going to rise as long as Republicans continue to justify not passing legislation for the sole reason that it’s backed by President [...]
Skewing data doesn’t help grow the economy
Mitt Romney held a speech today in Las Vegas to present his muddled 160-page jobs proposal that helps corporations evade regulations more than anything else. Over at ThinkProgress, somebody noticed a chart in Romney’s jobs proposal booklet that blames President Obama for job losses from 2007-2009 – despite the fact that Obama didn’t even become [...]
Still Waiting for Obama to Lead
Someone better recommend a treatment for the appeasement bug that’s been going around congress. This time, it’s the Congressional Black Caucus, who’ve decided to throw Black America under the bus to accommodate President Obama’s centrist agenda, while at the same time complaining that Obama’s latest bus tour hasn’t made its way enough into black communities. [...]